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She, Her, Hers
Your American flags won't save you
Your American flags won't save you
"Gold standard science" 🙄 - it's appalling that the malefactors running our health service don't understand even basic scientific concepts in biology, genetics, or psychology.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Gold standard science" 🙄 - it's appalling that the malefactors running our health service don't understand even basic scientific concepts in biology, genetics, or psychology.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Here is a great list of some of the best books about Black history published in 2025. 🗃️ www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS
We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...
www.aaihs.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here is a great list of some of the best books about Black history published in 2025. 🗃️ www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
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Grim.
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Grim.
Interesting thread. I've run across the "Zero Population" people, and they don't actually do anything except complain about other people's children.
7. In fact “the depopulation scenario was set in motion a long time ago. The problem of the opportunity costs of parenthood may simply be a function of modernity”. In some places, falling birth rates began in the 16th and 17th centuries. Pro-natalism and anti-natalism are equally pointless. 7/12
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Interesting thread. I've run across the "Zero Population" people, and they don't actually do anything except complain about other people's children.
A bakery in China made a bread tree, and...
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A bakery in China made a bread tree, and...
In these days of Kardashian, why is it that when I add a pack of string bikinis to my cart, it magically transforms into granny briefs?! 🤨
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In these days of Kardashian, why is it that when I add a pack of string bikinis to my cart, it magically transforms into granny briefs?! 🤨
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I just adore these bowls and mini vases as I continue to experiment with colors of floating glazes.
#just-ceramics
#pottersofbluesky
#spectrumfloatingglazes
#just-ceramics
#pottersofbluesky
#spectrumfloatingglazes
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I just adore these bowls and mini vases as I continue to experiment with colors of floating glazes.
#just-ceramics
#pottersofbluesky
#spectrumfloatingglazes
#just-ceramics
#pottersofbluesky
#spectrumfloatingglazes
This is the second time I've had a misdelivered package opened and then dropped off at my house by whomever received it. Strange to think why they opened it, which is a Federal crime. It wasn't addressed to them. 🤨
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is the second time I've had a misdelivered package opened and then dropped off at my house by whomever received it. Strange to think why they opened it, which is a Federal crime. It wasn't addressed to them. 🤨
Zeus is angry.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Zeus is angry.
Is Pantone Cloud Dancer actually a colour? 🤨
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Is Pantone Cloud Dancer actually a colour? 🤨
If you ever think feminists are "too strident," or that feminism is somehow unfair to men, try to put yourself in this woman's place. This is how women were treated through much of history, and still today, when we no longer believe in slavery.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Strangled, beaten and enslaved by my in-laws
"Sara" was told if she left the house, she would be attacked and raped by British people.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you ever think feminists are "too strident," or that feminism is somehow unfair to men, try to put yourself in this woman's place. This is how women were treated through much of history, and still today, when we no longer believe in slavery.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Starting this one tonight. Is this cover not gorgeous?
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Starting this one tonight. Is this cover not gorgeous?
Not sure what it's doing out there - sleet? Freezing rain? Snrain? I'm going out in it tho. As the Suomi say, there is no bad weather, only bad clothing. ☃️
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Not sure what it's doing out there - sleet? Freezing rain? Snrain? I'm going out in it tho. As the Suomi say, there is no bad weather, only bad clothing. ☃️
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Lewis Chess Pieces, 12th Century CE
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Lewis Chess Pieces, 12th Century CE
Excellent! 🤟
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Excellent! 🤟
Just listened to a podcast about this case. It's only recently that marital rape was criminalised in the US, and many states still have loopholes. Imagine having to pay your rapist!
kelmanskylaw.com/how-crystal-...
kelmanskylaw.com/how-crystal-...
How Crystal Harris Passed Law Protecting Spousal Abuse Victims
kelmanskylaw.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just listened to a podcast about this case. It's only recently that marital rape was criminalised in the US, and many states still have loopholes. Imagine having to pay your rapist!
kelmanskylaw.com/how-crystal-...
kelmanskylaw.com/how-crystal-...
So beautiful!
My guess is a juvenile, but there's no chance I can ID that. @jethroreading32.bsky.social what do you think? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 875 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So beautiful!
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To be a king, a crow requires subjects and subjects who want of a favor appear with offerings for the treasury. This crow supplicant has pulled it from the frame itself while his companion grasps for another.
See earlier posts for more story
#art #artsky #bskyart #animalart #crowking
See earlier posts for more story
#art #artsky #bskyart #animalart #crowking
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
To be a king, a crow requires subjects and subjects who want of a favor appear with offerings for the treasury. This crow supplicant has pulled it from the frame itself while his companion grasps for another.
See earlier posts for more story
#art #artsky #bskyart #animalart #crowking
See earlier posts for more story
#art #artsky #bskyart #animalart #crowking
Argh, they're calling for "wintry mix" 😬
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Argh, they're calling for "wintry mix" 😬
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Interesting that Rahmanullah was a CIA-trained member of the KSF 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Interesting that Rahmanullah was a CIA-trained member of the KSF 🤔
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Girl on a space hopper, 1971,
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Girl on a space hopper, 1971,
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling